Road-wagon



(No Model.)

H. EOKLER 8: J. WOESNER. ROAD WAGON.

No. 461,078. Patented Oct. 13,1891.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY ECKLER AND JOHN \VOESNER, OF SEYMOUR, INDIANA.

ROAD-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 461,073, dated October 13, 1891.

Application filed May 28, 1891. Serial No. 394,335. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern: 1

Be it known that we, HENRY EOKLER and JOHN WoEsNER, citizens of the United States, residing at Seymour, in the county of Jackson and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Buckboard and Road-Wagon, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in vehicles.

The object of the present invention is tosimplify and improve the construction of that class of vehicles known as buckboards and road-wagons and to enable the same to have a free and easy motion.

The invention consists of the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a rear elevation of a buckboard and road-wagon constructed in accprdanee with this invention. Fig. 2 is a reverse plan view. Fig. 3 is a de-' tail perspective view of one of the springs.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a body having secured to its bottom spring-bars 2, which are arranged transversely of the bottom mcar the ends thereof, and so cured to the lower faces of the spring-bars are U-shaped springs. The U-shaped springs 3 have their sides provided with coils at and receive between their sides front and rear axles 5 and 6, which are secured to the body by means of said spring. The axles are provided near their ends with bearings '7, arranged on the upper faces of the axles and adapted for the reception of U-shaped clips 6, which are provided at their ends with eyes which are connected by a bolt or tie 9. The bolt or tie 9 is arranged below the axle and is engaged by a hook 10, formed at the outer end of the U shaped spring The depending U-shaped clip is adapted to swing, thereby permitting free and independent action of the springs.

The axles are connected by a reach 11, which has its rear end rigidly secured to the rear axle, and is pivotally connected to the front axle and is braced by rods 12, extending from about midway its length to the rear axle.

It will be seen thatthebuckboard is simple and inexpensive in construction and has a free and easy motion, and that the various springs have free and independent action.

\Vhat We claim is- The combination of the body, the axles provided with bearings, the depending U shaped clips arranged in the bearings, the ties connecting the ends of the clips, and the U- shaped springs receiving withintheir sides the axles and having their upper ends secured to the bottom of the body and provided at their lower ends with books to engage the said ties and having coils intermediate their ends, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY EOKLER.

JOHN WOESNER.

Vitnesses:

GEO. W. THOMPSON, JOHN Kmson. 

